Peter Likins

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Peter William Likins (born July 4, 1936) [1] is a retired American professor and academic. He was president of Lehigh University from 1982 to 1997 and the University of Arizona from 1997 until his retirement in summer 2006. [2] [3]

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Biography

Likins graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1953, where he was captain of the wrestling team and co-captain of the football team. [4] He attended Stanford University as an undergraduate, studying civil engineering and became a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity. [5] He earned a master's from MIT and a PhD from Stanford. [6]

He was a faculty member at UCLA from 1964 until 1976. [7] Likins was the dean of Columbia's engineering school from 1976 to 1980 and provost of the university for professional schools from 1980 to 1981. [8] [9]

President of Lehigh University

He was president of Lehigh University from 1982 to 1997. [10] [11] Likins was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (1984) for contributions to spacecraft dynamics and control, and for leadership in engineering education through teaching, research, writing, and academic administration.[ citation needed ] While serving as President of Lehigh, first year student Jeanne Clery was raped and murdered. After the tragedy, Likins worked with Clery's parents and the United States Congress to pass the Clery Act. [12]

At both Columbia and Lehigh, Likins was also professor of engineering.

President of the University of Arizona

He then served as president of the University of Arizona from 1997 until his retirement in summer 2006. [2] [3] During the last semester of his presidency, a wire from his pacemaker poked a hole in his heart, causing him to nearly faint during an emergency drill being conducted on campus at the time. He underwent open heart surgery soon thereafter. Under different conditions emergency medical personnel might not have been able to respond in time to save him. [13]

Notes

  1. American Men & Women of Science. 2008. ISBN   9780787665234.
  2. 1 2 Important moments in Likins' term, DailyWildcat.com
  3. 1 2 "Past Presidents". arizona.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-06-29. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  4. "Santa Cruz Hall of Fame inductees". Santa Cruz Sentinel . October 31, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  5. The Rainbow, vol. 130, no. 2, p. 21
  6. "Peter Likins | President". president.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  7. "Pete Likins and Loki - Biography". www.peterlikins.com. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  8. Christine Wald-Hopkins (2011-05-26). "A former UA president tells the story of his diverse family". Tucson Weekly . Retrieved 2011-08-23.
  9. "Past Provosts".
  10. University of Arizona (17 March 2006). "The Crossroads Conference". University of Arizona. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  11. During his administration at Lehigh, he and the Reverend John E. Brooks, S.J. of the College of the Holy Cross were the two university presidents contacted by the Ivy League in the first stage of the formation of the Patriot League during the early-1980s (Feinstein, John. The Last Amateurs. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 2000). This effectively removed Lehigh from contention for a Division I-AA playoff berth.
  12. Star, Peter Likins Special to the Arizona Daily (2023-04-19). "Peter Likins: Murder on Campus". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  13. La Monica Everett-haynes (2006-04-13). "Likins rushed to UMC for surgery". Tucson Citizen . Retrieved 2011-08-23.

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Academic offices
Preceded by President of Lehigh University
1982–1997
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Manuel Trinidad Pacheco
President of The University of Arizona
1997–2006
Succeeded by
Robert Shelton

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